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January 10, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thea van de Mortel, Professor, Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Griffith University Shutterstock We tend to just think of viruses in terms of their damaging impacts on human health and lives. The 1918 flu pandemic killed around 50 million people. Smallpox claimed 30% of those who ... <a title="Viruses aren’t always harmful. 6 ways they’re used in health care and pest control" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/10/viruses-arent-always-harmful-6-ways-theyre-used-in-health-care-and-pest-control-217379/" aria-label="Read more about Viruses aren’t always harmful. 6 ways they’re used in health care and pest control">Read more</a>
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January 10, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Holly Thorpe, Professor in Sociology of Sport and Gender, University of Waikato The COVID-19 pandemic was – and continues to be – hugely disruptive and stressful for individuals, communities and countries. Yet many seem desperate to close the chapter entirely, almost as if it had never happened. ... <a title="Wanting to ‘move on’ is natural – but women’s pandemic experiences can’t be lost to ‘lockdown amnesia’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/10/wanting-to-move-on-is-natural-but-womens-pandemic-experiences-cant-be-lost-to-lockdown-amnesia-218510/" aria-label="Read more about Wanting to ‘move on’ is natural – but women’s pandemic experiences can’t be lost to ‘lockdown amnesia’">Read more</a>
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January 10, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dana M Bergstrom, Honorary Senior Fellow, University of Wollongong DM Bergstrom, Author provided Climate scientists don’t like surprises. It means our deep understanding of how the climate works isn’t quite as complete as we need. But unfortunately, as climate change worsens, surprises and unprecedented events keep happening. ... <a title="A heatwave in Antarctica totally blew the minds of scientists. They set out to decipher it – and here are the results" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/10/a-heatwave-in-antarctica-totally-blew-the-minds-of-scientists-they-set-out-to-decipher-it-and-here-are-the-results-220672/" aria-label="Read more about A heatwave in Antarctica totally blew the minds of scientists. They set out to decipher it – and here are the results">Read more</a>
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January 10, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Juliana Zabatiero, Research Fellow, Curtin University Alex Green/Pexels, CC BY Many Australian parents worry about how much time their children spend watching screens. While some time on devices is fine for entertainment and education, we also know it is important children do things away from TVs and ... <a title="3 ways to help your child transition off screens and avoid the dreaded ‘tech tantrums’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/10/3-ways-to-help-your-child-transition-off-screens-and-avoid-the-dreaded-tech-tantrums-220138/" aria-label="Read more about 3 ways to help your child transition off screens and avoid the dreaded ‘tech tantrums’">Read more</a>
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January 10, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alistair Sisson, Macquarie University Research Fellow, School of Social Sciences, Macquarie University Virtually every week brings news of rising rents or a story of still more renters forced out of their homes by unmanageable rent increases. The Australian Bureau of Statistics says rents climbed 6.6% in the ... <a title="Rent regulations are no silver bullet, but they would help make renting fairer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/10/rent-regulations-are-no-silver-bullet-but-they-would-help-make-renting-fairer-218579/" aria-label="Read more about Rent regulations are no silver bullet, but they would help make renting fairer">Read more</a>
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January 10, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ana Stevenson, Senior Lecturer, University of Southern Queensland Disney Glynis Johns, most famous for her role as the suffragette mother Mrs Winifred Banks in Disney’s Mary Poppins (1964), passed away last week at the age of 100. A fourth-generation performer who made her stage debut in London ... <a title="Vale ‘sister suffragette’: how Glynis Johns became a pop-culture icon in the story of votes for women" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/10/vale-sister-suffragette-how-glynis-johns-became-a-pop-culture-icon-in-the-story-of-votes-for-women-220766/" aria-label="Read more about Vale ‘sister suffragette’: how Glynis Johns became a pop-culture icon in the story of votes for women">Read more</a>
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January 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jarrad Daniel Kowlessar, Associate Lecturer, Flinders University Ian Moffat Rock art is one of the most intriguing records of the human past – it directly represents how our ancestors viewed their world. This provides a fundamentally different perspective compared to other archaeological items, such as stone artefacts. ... <a title="New analysis unlocks the hidden meaning of 15,000-year-old rock art in Arnhem Land" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/09/new-analysis-unlocks-the-hidden-meaning-of-15-000-year-old-rock-art-in-arnhem-land-220029/" aria-label="Read more about New analysis unlocks the hidden meaning of 15,000-year-old rock art in Arnhem Land">Read more</a>
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January 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rietie Venter, Associate professor, Clinical and Health Sciences, University of South Australia PeopleImages.com – Yuri A/Shutterstock Everyone seems to have a different opinion when it comes to how often towels and bed sheets should be washed. While many people might wonder whether days or weeks is best, ... <a title="How often should you wash your sheets and towels?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/09/how-often-should-you-wash-your-sheets-and-towels-216083/" aria-label="Read more about How often should you wash your sheets and towels?">Read more</a>
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January 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brad E Tucker, Astrophysicist/Cosmologist, Australian National University The remains of a Type Ia supernova – a kind of exploding star used to measure distances in the universe. NASA / CXC / U.Texas, CC BY What is the universe made of? This question has driven astronomers for hundreds ... <a title="Why is the universe ripping itself apart? A new study of exploding stars shows dark energy may be more complicated than we thought" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/09/why-is-the-universe-ripping-itself-apart-a-new-study-of-exploding-stars-shows-dark-energy-may-be-more-complicated-than-we-thought-220423/" aria-label="Read more about Why is the universe ripping itself apart? A new study of exploding stars shows dark energy may be more complicated than we thought">Read more</a>
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January 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Mann, Associate Director, Centre for Indonesian Law, Islam and Society, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock Two former coordinators of one of Indonesia’s most prominent human rights organisations have escaped conviction in a defamation case brought by a powerful government minister. While their astonishing acquittal is welcome, ... <a title="Indonesia is one of the world’s largest democracies, but it’s weaponising defamation laws to smother dissent" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/09/indonesia-is-one-of-the-worlds-largest-democracies-but-its-weaponising-defamation-laws-to-smother-dissent-220651/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesia is one of the world’s largest democracies, but it’s weaponising defamation laws to smother dissent">Read more</a>
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January 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amy Lykins, Associate Professor in Clinical Psychology, University of New England Amy Lykins It’s unlikely any region of the world will escape the effects of climate change. These include increasing temperatures, more frequent and intense extreme weather events such as bushfires and floods, rising sea levels, and ... <a title="‘We don’t know what tomorrow will bring’: how climate change is affecting Fijians’ mental health" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/09/we-dont-know-what-tomorrow-will-bring-how-climate-change-is-affecting-fijians-mental-health-219506/" aria-label="Read more about ‘We don’t know what tomorrow will bring’: how climate change is affecting Fijians’ mental health">Read more</a>
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January 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anna Bruce, Associate Professor in the Collaboration on Energy and Environmental Markets and the School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering, UNSW Sydney Australia is not rolling out clean energy projects nearly fast enough to reach the Australian government’s target of 82% renewable electricity by 2030. A ... <a title="As Australia’s net zero transition threatens to stall, rooftop solar could help provide the power we need" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/09/as-australias-net-zero-transition-threatens-to-stall-rooftop-solar-could-help-provide-the-power-we-need-220050/" aria-label="Read more about As Australia’s net zero transition threatens to stall, rooftop solar could help provide the power we need">Read more</a>
